What's your opinion?

[Bill the Cat]

I've noticed that many (most?) short-spliced cues use the same type of wood in the points that is used in the butt sleeve. As I understand it, it is meant to imitate the idea of a full-spliced cue.

When building a short-spliced cue, I, personally, have never worried about trying to make my cues "look" like a full-splice cue. I often use the same wood in the forearm and butt sleeve and a contrasting wood for the points. Whatever the combination, I simply choose woods that I feel compliment each other for the various parts of the cue (forearm, handle (if wrapless), butt sleeve and points).

Just curious how others feel about the subject.

 

[greyghost]

I've noticed that many (most?) short-spliced cues use the same type of wood in the points that is used in the butt sleeve. As I understand it, it is meant to imitate the idea of a full-spliced cue.

When building a short-spliced cue, I, personally, have never worried about trying to make my cues "look" like a full-splice cue. I often use the same wood in the forearm and butt sleeve and a contrasting wood for the points. Whatever the combination, I simply choose woods that I feel compliment each other for the various parts of the cue (forearm, handle (if wrapless), butt sleeve and points).

Just curious how others feel about the subject.

In my humble opinion it has more to do with the craftsman trying to keep the artistic and visual attributes of the design balanced, more pleasing to look at.

Just like they say with clothes black and brown don't really match...its not appealing...not that it can't be its just hard to find the right variation to match some of the colors so they don't clash giving you the effect of a car with a red door, a blue door and a white body lol.

Its just for the taste imop

 

[Graciocues]

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As long as the cue flows it doesn't matter. Both can look great.

I prefer the full splice look. I'm cautious when using the forearm wood in the butt sleeve, if the colors don't flow it looks like the cue has an extension glued on the butt.

I wanted to start a similar thread.

I've delayed this cue for weeks trying to pick the best look. I do know I want the two tone southwest style. This decision will make the cue a great cue that everybody likes or a cue that looks OK that some people like.

 

[mdavis228]

Scott - if that cue is to be wrapless, as appears to be the case, with "C-D" rings above/below the handle, then I think that dictates going dark/light/dark on this SW style butt. I think this particular "D" ring would get lost bordered by light wood on one side & the look would be out of balance. The light wood would book end nicely on this one.
Ultimately, of course, the best use of the effect would involve book matching the dark wood from the points, thru the rings & handle, and into the butt sleeve. I know that takes a long piece of good wood & you could almost just make it full spliced. But you'd lose a lot of the control you gain by having a separate prong, handle, & butt sleeve.
Just my layman's 2 cents.

 

[masonh]

Scott said it,either way is fine it just depends on the cue.

in your example Scott i would definitely go with the light colored butt in that cue.i think it would set the cue off better than having the all dark brown butt,handle and points.that is just me though.

sometimes it's hard to tell with these cues until the are all together and cut to size though.

 

[Bill the Cat]

So it's not just me......

Scott said it,either way is fine it just depends on the cue.
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sometimes it's hard to tell with these cues until the are all together and cut to size though.

This is the type of thing I was hoping to get from this thread! Thanks guys! I agree wholeheartedly!

 

[BLACKHEARTCUES]

I can't tell you why, but I have always used the same wood in the butt as the points. I admit, that I don't know why, but I always have. You make me rethink what the hell I'm doing...JER

 

[Michael Webb]

I take them on an individual basis, the only time the butt is usually the same as the points is if I use a birdseye or Curly forearm, just cause it's more traditional.

 

[dave sutton]

I just want it to visually match. I had to do a cue that had rosewood points and bacote forearm. I wouldn't match the rosewood so I did a bacote buttsleeve. I wasn't a fan it came
out nice

 

[cueman]

I almost always match the butt sleeve to either the forearm wood or the point wood. It just makes sense that it will flow better with the same wood in both halves somewhere.